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The Boxcar Children

The Boxcar Children

Series: Boxcar Children (Book #1)

by Gertrude Chandler Warner Illustrated by L. Kate Deal

Four resourceful, independent orphans find inventive ways to stick together through all kinds of exciting mysteries and adventures, including living in a boxcar!

Ages: 8, 9, 10
Interest Level: Grades 3 - 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.2
Lexile Measure: 490L
DRA: 34
Guided Reading: O
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Number of Pages: 163
Genre: Adventure, Mystery and Suspense, Realistic Fiction, Dictionaries, Reference, Series

About the Author and Illustrator

Gertrude Chandler Warner Gertrude Chandler Warner

L. Kate Deal

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